US5682789A - Selector lever system for manually shiftable automatic transmissions - Google Patents
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- the invention relates to a selector lever system for manually shiftable automatic transmissions for motor vehicles.
- the starting point of the invention is a selector lever for automatic transmissions of motor vehicles such as is disclosed in German patent specification 43 05 015 and which is movable in a gear shifting gate, in only one plane, forward or backward into the well-known P, R, N and D and 2 and 1 positions.
- European Patent Specification 0 331 797 discloses a selector lever for manually shiftable automatic transmissions of motor vehicles, which is of substantially the kind described in this disclosure.
- the selector lever To manually shift a transmission according to the '797 patent, the selector lever must be moved out of the one plane used for selecting the conventional P, R, N, D, 3, 2 and 1 positions. The lever must be moved into a second parallel plane within a second gear shifting gate. In the second plane, a forward position "+" actuates a switch effecting an upshift and a rear position "-" actuates a switch effecting a downshift.
- the selector lever is spring-loaded to return it from each of these two positions into middle or neutral position within the second plane.
- the sideways pivoting into the second shifting gate increases the mechanical complexity of the '797 shifting system, which increases the costs of production and assembly.
- a selector lever system for manually shiftable automatic transmissions for motor vehicles comprises a selector lever movable in a gear shifting gate in only one plane into a plurality of gear shift positions.
- the shift positions include a manual drive position from which the lever can be moved into a first direction to command an upshift and in a second direction to command a downshift.
- the lever is biased back to the manual drive position after the upshift or downshift command is given.
- the system also includes a sensing means for detecting movement in the first and second directions from the manual drive position.
- the system further includes a biasing means which prevents the lever from being positioned in the manual drive position.
- FIG. 1 is a vertical side view of a selector lever system according to the invention, in which the parts essential to the invention are emphasized by omission of parts of the side wall;
- FIG. 2 is a vertical rear view of the selector lever system of FIG. 1;
- FIG. 3 is a representation on a larger scale of the parts of the selector lever gate that are essential to the invention.
- a selector lever system 1 for an automatic transmission of a motor vehicle consists essentially of a selector lever housing 2, which can be fixed to the floor of the vehicle (not shown) and is preferably made from a suitable high-grade plastics material by injection moulding.
- the dome-shaped selector lever housing 2 has generally vertical side walls 3, 4, 5 and 6, of which the two lateral side walls 3 and 5 are provided with openings 7 and 8 for mounting a horizontal transverse axle 9.
- the selector lever is movable in a first direction (forward toward P as shown in FIG. 1) and a second direction opposed to the first direction (rearward toward D) in a gear shifting gate in only one plane into conventional gear shift positions (P, R, N and D and 1 and 2).
- the lever can be brought into a manual drive position (M), rearward the (D) position as shown in FIG. 1, from which it can be brought into a forward position "+" commanding an upshift and into a rear position "-" commanding a downshift, as described below.
- a selector lever 10 has at its top a handle 11 with a control knob 12 and is connected at the bottom to a mounting member 13, by means of which it is pivotally mounted on the horizontal transverse axle 9.
- the dome-shaped selector lever housing 2 is covered at the top by a parallel-walled detent member 14, in the side walls 15 and 16 of which notched gates 17 and 18 are formed, which cooperate with a detent device in the form of a horizontal stop pin 19, which can be controlled by the control knob 12 via a suitable connection (shown only in broken lines).
- the selector lever system is hidden from the interior of the vehicle in a stylistically pleasant manner by a cover 20.
- the selector lever system as described up to this point essentially corresponds to a conventional design, with the mounting member 13 having arms extending both above and below the horizontal transverse axle 9 which can be used to attach the Bowden cable connections to the automatic transmission, the direction of the selection movement either being unchanged or being changed once, depending on whether the Bowden cable mechanism is disposed above or below the horizontal transverse axle 9.
- the mounting member 13 is connected to a connecting mechanism 21 comprising a first toothed segment 22, formed on the mounting member 13, that is in engagement with a second toothed segment 23 mounted on a lower horizontal transverse axle 24 that is pivotally accommodated in portions of the downwardly extending side walls 3 and 5 of the selector lever housing 2.
- a lever arm 25 is mounted non-rotatably on the lower horizontal transverse axle 24, and has the Bowden cable connection 27 to the lower end 26 of the automatic transmission.
- selector lever system corresponds to the selector lever system which forms the starting point of the present invention and is described in German patent specification 43 05 015.
- the selector lever system of the invention differs from this known embodiment in respect of the notched gate and of the detent system, which will now be described in connection with the larger scale illustration in FIG. 3.
- the parallel-walled detent member 14, in the side walls 15 and 16 of which notched gates 17 and 18 are formed which cooperate with a horizontal stop pin 19, is formed in a particular manner which will now be explained.
- detent recesses in the notched gate in the regions corresponding to the selector lever positions P, R, N and D remain unchanged: the only changes are in the region of the shift positions 2 and 1 from the prior art, which are not present in the preferred embodiment in favor of the manual drive position as described below.
- the operator To downshift from D to shift positions 2 and 1, the operator must first operate the control knob 12 on the handle 11 of the selector lever 10, shown in FIG. 1. The lever then moves into the manual drive position M and permits the driver to command a downshift as described below, thereby obtaining the 2 and 1 gears.
- the blocking cam provided for this purpose is indicated by 31.
- an inverted v-shaped angle section 32 is provided adjacent the blocking cam 31. Two slopes 34 and 35 proceed from the apex 33 of the inverted v-shaped angle section 32.
- the spring-loaded stop pin 19 is pressed into the apex position 33 of the inverted v-shaped angle section 34, 35 of the notched gates 17 and 18, thereby holding the selector lever in the manual drive position M.
- a limit switch 36 is actuated to command an upshift. If the selector lever is moved into a rear position "-” it actuates a limit switch 37 to command a downshift. As soon as the manual operating force acting on the selector lever ceases, because of the slopes 34 and 35 the spring-loaded stop pin 19 guides the selector lever back into manual drive position M.
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US5870929A (en) * | 1996-03-29 | 1999-02-16 | Dr. Ing. H.C.F. Porsche Ag | Gear-shift device for an automatic gearbox |
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US5946976A (en) * | 1996-09-30 | 1999-09-07 | Mazda Motor Corporation | Shifting arrangement for automatic transmission |
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US6035735A (en) * | 1997-08-21 | 2000-03-14 | Siemens Aktiegesellschaft | Device for controlling an automatic transmission of a motor vehicle |
US6053066A (en) * | 1997-07-29 | 2000-04-25 | Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. | Shifting device for an automatic transmission |
US6401564B1 (en) * | 2000-09-04 | 2002-06-11 | Hyundai Motor Company | Shift switch control device for selection lever units of automatic transmissions |
US6568294B2 (en) * | 2000-02-22 | 2003-05-27 | Grand Haven Stamped Products, Division Of Jsj Corporation | Shifter with automatic and manual shift modes and with shift position indicators |
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